Portland elder law attorney Tim Nay of the
law firm Nay & Friedenberg has been elected secretary of the
National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals. Nay, also
a clinical social worker, is the past chair of the OSB Elder Law
Section and current president of the Oregon chapter of the Alzheimer’s
Association.

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Melinda S. Eden of Milton-Freewater has been
elected chair of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council,
formerly known as the Northwest Power Planning Council. She was
appointed by former Gov. John Kitzhaber to fill an unexpired term
and was reappointed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. She is one of two Oregon
members of the council, which includes Idaho, Montana and Washington.
A 1981 natural resources graduate of the University of Oregon School
of Law, Eden clerked for a federal court judge in Portland and
practiced law in Portland, Eugene and Milton-Freewater before joining
the council. She also is a former chair of Oregon’s Environmental
Quality Commission, the policymaking body for the Department of
Environmental Quality.

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Willamette University law professor M.H. "Sam" Jacobson has
been awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach at the University of Sofia,
in Sofia, Bulgaria, for spring semester (February-June 2006).She
will teach constitutional and administrative processes, a course
that explores constitutional and administrative law processes from
comparative and international perspectives. Jacobson, who teaches
legal research and writing and administrative law at Willamette,
is no stranger to Bulgaria. For the past 10 years, she’s been traveling
there to teach at the University of Sofia and other institutions.
Last year, she spoke before the Bulgarian Parliament and has become
a featured speaker at the Ministry of Justice and at the Commission
on Fighting Corruption. She and Bulgarian Professor Maria Slavova
are co-authoring a book, The Seven Principles of Fighting Corruption
in Bulgaria.

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Sonia Montalbano has a co-starring role in
the independent documentary, "Reality Check," which had
its most recent showing in March at the Hollywood Theater in Portland.
She also served as an associate producer on the film, as well as
the story editor. The film was accepted into the Viewer’s Voice
Film Competition, sponsored by Cinequest, as well as the Longbaugh
Film Festival, sponsored by Willamette Week and Comcast.

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Stoel Rives attorneys Courtney Angeli and Edward "Ted" Bernhard are
among 40 individuals selected to receive the Portland Business
Journal’s "Forty Under 40" Award. Award winners are
recognized as the 40 most accomplished, influential and civic-minded
young executives in Portland. Angeli is a member of the firm’s
labor and employment practice group where she focuses on employment
litigation and counseling employers on all aspects of workforce
management. She is a frequent speaker and author on employment
law issues and federal court practice and procedure. Angeli is
program chair for the Portland Human Resource Management Association
and is a member of the board of directors of the Oregon chapter
of the Federal Bar Association. Bernhard is a corporate and securities
lawyer and a member of the firm’s corporate and technology ventures
practice groups. His practice focuses on providing counsel to entrepreneurs,
directors, venture capitalists and investors involved with rapid
growth businesses in the Pacific Northwest. Bernhard’s past experience
includes the following roles: co-founder and managing partner of
Cascadia Pacific Management (one of the region’s first venture
capital funds) and director of seven local technology companies.

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The American College of Bankruptcy has announced
that Joseph M. Meier of the firm Cosho Humphrey in Boise,
Idaho was inducted as a fellow of the college on March 18 in Washington,
D.C. The ceremony took place in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court
of the United States. Meier was one of 34 inductees honored and
recognized for their professional excellence and contributions
to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency.

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Perkins Coie was ranked number 10 on the 2005 Oregon
Business Magazine’s "100 Best Companies to Work For
in Oregon." The firm was the highest-ranked law firm on
the list. "The 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon" list
is based in part on survey results returned from 24,000 Oregon
employees from 255 companies. Employees rank their employers
on 50 specific workplace conditions relating to recruiting and
hiring, organizational communication, performance standards,
benefits, compensation and career development. The complete list
was published in the March issue of the magazine.

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Portland attorney Kent Snyder, of Snyder & Associates,
has been elected president of the American Leadership Forum of
Oregon, a non-profit organization that works to join and strengthen
leaders in Oregon to better serve the public good. Snyder also
serves as the co-chair of the Sustainable Development Commission
of Portland/Multnomah County and is a senior adviser to the China-U.S.
Center for Sustainable Development. He has practiced exclusively
in the area of bankruptcy since 1982 and holds certifications from
the American Board of Certification as a specialist in both business
and consumer bankruptcy law.

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Kenneth C. Bauman has been elected to the
board of directors of the National Association of Assistant U.S.
Attorneys, a professional organization which works for issues important
to AUSAs. Bauman has worked for the U.S. Attorney’s office as an
assistant U.S.attorney (AUSA) since 1972. He has been a member
of the OSB Criminal Law Section since 1995, serving as section
treasurer since 1997. Bauman also serves on the Oregon Halfway
House board of directors.

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Marger, Johnson & McCollom ranked 92nd in the
nation — higher than any other patent law firm headquartered in
Oregon — for the number of U.S. patents issued on behalf of its
clients in 2004, according to a report published in Intellectual
Property Today magazine’s March issue. This is the third consecutive
year the firm has been the highest-ranking Oregon-based patent
law firm. To make the top 100 this time, the firm had 309 U.S.
patents issued in 2004. On a steady climb up the list, in 2003
the firm ranked 102nd with 308 patents issued, and in 2002 it ranked
117th with 239.

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The Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants
has elected William S. Manne and Karey A. Schoenfeld to
the 2005-06 board of directors. Manne is a partner with Miller
Nash in Portland. Schoenfeld is a partner with Ferguson & Schoenfeld
in Vancouver, Wash.

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Water law attorney Steve Shropshire of Jordan
Schrader was named as one of the Portland Business Journal's "Forty
Under 40" award winners for 2005, placing him among the top
professionals in Portland under the age of 40. This year, Shropshire
was one of more than 250 applicants vying for top honors. Nominees
were judged on three categories: professional accomplishment, community
involvement and professional recognition. He has built much of
his practice around assisting clients with water rights matters,
but also spends time working on other areas of Jordan Schrader's "Dirt
Law" practice, which includes natural resources, environmental,
agriculture, real estate and land-use law.

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Steven M. Wilker of Tonkon Torp has been recognized
by The Business Journal’s annual "Forty Under 40" list.
(In 2004, Tonkon Torp counsel David Copley Forman was named
to the list.) Wilker’s practice is in trial and appellate work
emphasizing corporate governance, securities, finance, energy,
intellectual property and media law. He has assisted local, regional
and national clients in disputes in Oregon and across the country.

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Gov. Ted Kulongoski has appointed Peter H. Wells to
the board of directors of The Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon.
The foundation serves to eliminate the cycle of child abuse and
neglect through public education and advocacy. Wells has served
as the city attorney of Pendleton since December 1992. Prior to
his current position, he served as county counsel and budget officer
for Umatilla County, an officer for a financial institution and
as a practicing attorney for his own and another firm in Pendleton.

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Jerry N. Gauche has been elected to the board
of directors of LYC Concours Corp. and will serve as chief judge
for the 10th annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance in Houston,
Texas. The Concours, featuring 200 of the finest automobiles in
the United States, benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater
Houston Area.